BIZ BITS: A smashing take on burgers and tacos

Every dish that Richard Lang serves from his new Lewiston food truck benefits from his 30 years of experience as a chef.

The menu of SmasHouse Burgers and Tacos is precisely what the name suggests. SmasHouse has one hamburger and one taco on its menu as well as french fries and weekly specials.

The simplicity of the choices make it possible for orders to be prepared from scratch in three to five minutes, said Lang, the owner of SmasHouse.

The burgers and the tacos (both $11) start the same way, with two, 2½-ounce balls of ground beef being smashed on a 400-degree grill, which caramelizes the meat and holds its flavors.

The burger is topped with cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, onion and pickle on a Hawaiian bun. The meat for the tacos is seasoned with Mexican spices then cooked in corn-flour tortillas on the grill so the beef fat can crisp and flavor the tortillas. They come with the same toppings as the burgers, except they have sriracha aioli instead of mayonnaise.

The french fries are seasoned with popcorn salt.

Lang was most recently a peer support mental health specialist at Riverside Recovery for two years after being in the hospitality industry for three decades.

About 10 years of that time was with Happy Day Corp. where he was a general manager of Main Street Grill, head chef of catering and a systems trainer for Happy Day on topics such as food costs, labor development and recipes, Lang said.

Previously, he worked for Outback Steakhouse, opening nine locations for them, Lang said.

SmasHouse is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1522 Main St., immediately east of Jollymore’s A Dining Experience. The food truck makes special appearances at community events on weekends.

Frequency medicine among services offered by couple’s business

Frequency medicine is a method Geneve Bean-Allen at Storm’s End Nutrition employs to support individuals through health issues.

The technique uses frequencies in nature to retrain the nervous system to send a healing response rather than an inflammatory one, said Bean-Allen, a naturopathic practitioner with 11 years of experience.

Her husband, Sheldon Allen, a Nez Perce tribal member and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, is the CEO and owner of the business. Storm’s End Nutrition is one of the couple’s two businesses. The second is Shot in the Eye Enterprises, which teaches survival skills classes and conducts historical tours.

Bean-Allen, who goes by Eve, has a mobile office for Storm’s End Nutrition that splits time between two places. One is about 13 miles outside Kooskia and the other is at 28396 Seelupaauyeen Lane in Culdesac where she is in the process of opening a brick-and-mortar location. She also makes house calls in north central Idaho.

The frequencies are administered with equipment such as a thin mat, wands or gloves, she said.

The painless frequencies typically make people feel relaxed, in some cases so much so they might fall asleep, Bean-Allen said.

Frequency medicine is among many methods that Bean-Allen uses after completing training at Trinity School of Natural Health in Warsaw, Ind., in 2013.

Others include reflexology, a type of acupressure and massage to help remove blockages, light-emitting diode (LED) therapy and natural supplements she assembles herself.

“We educate people about things available to them to help them enhance their own health,” she said.

The first time Bean-Allen meets with clients, she completes a nutritional assessment to determine what kinds of issues they are facing.

Sessions usually cost about $100, with 20% discounts available for veterans and seniors 65 and older. The objective is reflected in the name of the business, she said.

Her goal is to help people find sustainable, noninvasive, pharmaceutical-free, remedies for health issues, Bean-Allen said.

Clients can buy supplements, schedule sessions or register for classes about how to make their own supplements from common plants in their own yards at stormsendnutrition.org or by emailing Bean-Allen at everesearch@yahoo.com.

TSA precheck enrollment offered at Lewiston airport in October

A Transportation Security Administration Precheck enrollment event will be held from Oct. 14-18 at the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport, 406 Burrell Ave., Lewiston.

Travelers can go through a process that streamlines security checks by signing up for appointments from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. on those days.

The cost to enroll in the program is $78 for five years. Applicants need to bring proof of identity such as a valid U.S. passport or a certified birth certificate and a driver’s license. Fingerprints and digital photos will be collected at the event for background checks.

Those who pay the fees and clear the background checks will be allowed to use dedicated screening lanes at more than 200 U.S. airports where they won’t be required to remove shoes, laptops, certain liquids, belts or light jackets.

Additional information is available at bit.ly/4ayIV94.

Williams may be contacted at ewilliam@lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2261.